Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 5, Andante & Scherzo, Op. 81
9/1/2010, 10 Tracks, 1:10:26
Featuring
František Souček
Petr Střížek
Petr Holman
Vladimír Fortin
Zemlinsky Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Composer Biography
Mendelssohn, raised in a Jewish household, immersed himself in Western culture and three languages (Goethe, Voltaire, Shakespeare) in addition to Hebrew between ages eight and fifteen.
Composer Biography
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy died prematurely at 39 on November 4, 1847.
Composition History
Mendelssohn's publisher, Julius Rietz, created the posthumous Opus 81 by combining four disparate, isolated scores, which premiered in 1852.
Historical Context
Mendelssohn's music was banned and his scores destroyed in Germany during the Third Reich.
Critical Reception
After his death, Mendelssohn's reputation fluctuated, with figures like Berlioz and Wagner (under the pseudonym 'Karl Freigedank') reducing him to a 'pseudo-Beethovenian figure'.
Composer Biography
By the age of twenty, Mendelssohn had already composed enough masterpieces to be immortalized.
Performer Biography
The Zemlinsky Quartet, founded in 1994, continues the Czech tradition of the string quartet and has won numerous international awards.
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